Seal of Leo Amnos, vestarchesshow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
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    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Weight (g)
    Channel orientation (clock)
    1-6
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Worn around the edge; fractured along the channel on the reverse, damaging in particular the central part of the lines in the legend; obliterated on the left-hand side of the obverse and the right-hand side of the reverse.

    Dating

    Date
    11th C., second half
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Aristocracy
    Issuer
    Leo Amnos
    Milieu: Aristocracy
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
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    Modern location
    Paris (France )
    Institution and repository
    Bibliothèque nationale de France , Département des Monnaies, médailles et antiques
    Collection and inventory
    Zacos BnF 37
    Acquisition

    Gift of Janet Zacos, 1998

    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography with inscription in columns.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Bust of saint Theodore, in military garb; on either side of the image, inscription in columns.
    Decoration
    Circle of dots.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 4 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Circle of dots; a pearl flanked by dashes precedes the legend on a separate line; a crosslet precedes the beginning of the legend on a same line.
    Epigraphy

    Images

    Digital image of the obverse.
    Digital image of the reverse.

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    [Ὁ ἅ(γιος) Θε] ώδορ(ος)
    rev
    1+[Κ(ύρι)]ε β(οή)θ(ει)
    2Λέοντ[ι]
    3βεστά[ρχ(ῃ)]
    4το Ἀμν(ῷ)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    .|.|. ||Ο|Ρ
    rev
    
    1.Ε̣Θ
    2ΛΕ.ΝΤ.
    3ΕΣΤ̣Α̣..
    4ΤΟΑΜ̣Ν

    Apparatus

    2: Le prénom pourrait être recontruit en Λέοντ[α], selon le sceau Zacos BnF 38, appartenant vraisemblablement au même personnage.

    Legend and translation

    Ὁ ἅγιος Θεώδορος. / + Κύριε βοήθει Λέοντι βεστάρχῃ το Ἀμνῷ.

    Saint Theodore. Lord aid Leo Amnos, vestarches.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Unpublished
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references